laagern.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈlɑɡər/

Forms: Also lager.

Etymology: South African Dutch lager = German Lager , Dutch leger (see leaguer n.¹).

a. A camp, encampment; among the South African Boers, a temporary lodgement in the open marked out by an encircling line of wagons.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun]

logis1477

camp1560

encampment1725

campment1821

laager1850

tabor1877

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. x. 202 Their tents and waggons were drawn up on every side of the farm-house... The Boers informed me that all their countrymen, and also the Griquas, were thus packed together in ‘lagers’, or encampments.

1883 Standard 7 Sept. 5 Captain Mansell, with the native police force, has been obliged to go into laager at Ekowe for safety.

1891 R. W. Murray S. Afr. 177 Laager was formed that same evening about five o'clock.

1899 Times 25 Oct. 5/2 Our men dashed forward to carry the laager with bayonets.

b. transferred. A defensive position in a country other than South Africa, esp. one protected by armoured vehicles. Also figurative, an entrenched policy, viewpoint, etc., under attack from opponents.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] > entrenched position

laager1896

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun]

wagon-borough1548

corral1847

laager1941

1896 G. Meredith Let. 7 Dec. (1970) III. 1253 I have lowered my health by writing at night..and am now in laager against a host of Matabelly assailants.

1901 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 11/5 It has been the custom of the Secretary of State to lie in laager, surrounded by his civilian secretaries.

1941 Illustr. London News 199 719 According to the dictionary, a zareba or laager is ‘an enclosure against enemies’, but now the term is used to describe the protective dispositions of armed and mechanised forces at night.

1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon ii. 19 Our close night's formation (called either a ‘leaguer’ or a ‘laager’).

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 87/4 That the leaders of the Nationalist Party have created a ‘laager’ mentality and hate all opponents of apartheid is a fact.

1960 Economist 5 Oct. 216/2 Whether to take Southern Rhodesia into the South African laager for whatever period of time this may buy them.

1968 Economist 14 Dec. 12/2 It would be disastrous if it showed that members of both faiths [in N. Ireland] have been driven by the atmosphere of crisis back into their laagers.

1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. 12/3 A confrontation which would only drive White South Africa deeper into its laager.

1973 Times 1 Oct. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. viii/7 These real or imagined anti-Ibo factors translate themselves inside the state into a kind of laager mentality, ‘them’ against ‘us’.

1975 Guardian 11 Jan. 11 What's happening there will only make the Afrikaners withdraw further into their laager.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

laagerv.

Brit.

/ˈlɑːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈlɑɡər/

Etymology: < laager n.

transitive. To form (wagons) into a laager; to encamp (persons) in a laager; also with up and figurative. Also absol. or intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)]

wickc897

lodge13..

telda1325

pitch1535

camp1611

to set downa1616

decamp1698

encamp1725

to camp out1748

outspan1801

tent1856

laager1879

tarpaulin1891

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] > form (wagons) into encampment

laager1879

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [verb (transitive)]

corral1846

laager1879

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (intransitive)] > encamp

camp1543

encamp1579

leaguer1629

laager1879

harbour1935

1879 Daily News 1 Mar. The waggons were not ‘laagered’ or drawn up so close as to make it difficult to force the camp.

1883 Standard 17 May 5/4 Four hundred Boers, laagered in Stilleland, have threatened to attack Mankoroane.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/2 What, then, can be more absurd, to adopt Mr. Healy's picturesque phrase, than ‘to laager the Postmaster-General in the Lords’?

1896 Tablet 22 Feb. 290 We stopped firing at about seven o'clock, and laagered up for the night.

1949 Cape Times 27 Apr. 10/5 Are we really going to keep ourselves laagered when other countries in Africa get together on economic expansion projects?

Derivatives

ˈlaagered adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [adjective]

corralled1851

laagered1881

1881 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 222 The laagered waggon their sole protection.

ˈlaagering n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun]

camping1572

tenting1858

camp1865

laagering1894

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun] > laagering

laagering1894

1894 Daily News 14 Sept. 5/2 The Army Service Corps were drilled in laagering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laager
释义	laagern. Brit. /ˈlɑːɡə/, U.S. /ˈlɑɡər/ Forms: Also lager. Etymology: South African Dutch lager = German Lager , Dutch leger (see leaguer n.¹). a. A camp, encampment; among the South African Boers, a temporary lodgement in the open marked out by an encircling line of wagons. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] logis1477 camp1560 encampment1725 campment1821 laager1850 tabor1877 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. x. 202 Their tents and waggons were drawn up on every side of the farm-house... The Boers informed me that all their countrymen, and also the Griquas, were thus packed together in ‘lagers’, or encampments. 1883 Standard 7 Sept. 5 Captain Mansell, with the native police force, has been obliged to go into laager at Ekowe for safety. 1891 R. W. Murray S. Afr. 177 Laager was formed that same evening about five o'clock. 1899 Times 25 Oct. 5/2 Our men dashed forward to carry the laager with bayonets. b. transferred. A defensive position in a country other than South Africa, esp. one protected by armoured vehicles. Also figurative, an entrenched policy, viewpoint, etc., under attack from opponents. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [noun] > entrenched position laager1896 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun] wagon-borough1548 corral1847 laager1941 1896 G. Meredith Let. 7 Dec. (1970) III. 1253 I have lowered my health by writing at night..and am now in laager against a host of Matabelly assailants. 1901 Daily Tel. 9 Mar. 11/5 It has been the custom of the Secretary of State to lie in laager, surrounded by his civilian secretaries. 1941 Illustr. London News 199 719 According to the dictionary, a zareba or laager is ‘an enclosure against enemies’, but now the term is used to describe the protective dispositions of armed and mechanised forces at night. 1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon ii. 19 Our close night's formation (called either a ‘leaguer’ or a ‘laager’). 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Feb. 87/4 That the leaders of the Nationalist Party have created a ‘laager’ mentality and hate all opponents of apartheid is a fact. 1960 Economist 5 Oct. 216/2 Whether to take Southern Rhodesia into the South African laager for whatever period of time this may buy them. 1968 Economist 14 Dec. 12/2 It would be disastrous if it showed that members of both faiths [in N. Ireland] have been driven by the atmosphere of crisis back into their laagers. 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. 12/3 A confrontation which would only drive White South Africa deeper into its laager. 1973 Times 1 Oct. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. viii/7 These real or imagined anti-Ibo factors translate themselves inside the state into a kind of laager mentality, ‘them’ against ‘us’. 1975 Guardian 11 Jan. 11 What's happening there will only make the Afrikaners withdraw further into their laager. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). laagerv. Brit. /ˈlɑːɡə/, U.S. /ˈlɑɡər/ Etymology: < laager n. transitive. To form (wagons) into a laager; to encamp (persons) in a laager; also with up and figurative. Also absol. or intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)] wickc897 lodge13.. telda1325 pitch1535 camp1611 to set downa1616 decamp1698 encamp1725 to camp out1748 outspan1801 tent1856 laager1879 tarpaulin1891 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] > form (wagons) into encampment laager1879 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [verb (transitive)] corral1846 laager1879 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (intransitive)] > encamp camp1543 encamp1579 leaguer1629 laager1879 harbour1935 1879 Daily News 1 Mar. The waggons were not ‘laagered’ or drawn up so close as to make it difficult to force the camp. 1883 Standard 17 May 5/4 Four hundred Boers, laagered in Stilleland, have threatened to attack Mankoroane. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/2 What, then, can be more absurd, to adopt Mr. Healy's picturesque phrase, than ‘to laager the Postmaster-General in the Lords’? 1896 Tablet 22 Feb. 290 We stopped firing at about seven o'clock, and laagered up for the night. 1949 Cape Times 27 Apr. 10/5 Are we really going to keep ourselves laagered when other countries in Africa get together on economic expansion projects? Derivatives ˈlaagered adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [adjective] corralled1851 laagered1881 1881 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 222 The laagered waggon their sole protection. ˈlaagering n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun] camping1572 tenting1858 camp1865 laagering1894 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > laager > [noun] > laagering laagering1894 1894 Daily News 14 Sept. 5/2 The Army Service Corps were drilled in laagering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850v.1879
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